Haoliners Animation was founded in 2013 by Haoling Li, who directed the series
To Be Hero and co-directed the feature
Flavors of Youth. As well as these works, the company is also behind
Fox Spirit Matchmaker and
The Silver Guardian. The Tokyo-based Emon, which was founded in 2015, has provided animation on several Haoliners projects, among them
To Be Hero, Flavors of Youth, Spiritpact, and
A Centaur’s Life (image at top). Its other credits include
Attack on Titan.
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